Last week I was thrilled to find this gorgeous primrose on sale at my local supermarket. The beautiful flowers rival those I see planted in my favorite conservatory at Longwood Gardens. This is the season of primrose and other cold hardy seasonal plants.

You can find an informative article on how to grow primroses here: Dave’s Garden – Primroses

I have three packets of primrose (primula) seeds I purchased last year from Swallowtail Garden Seeds. A link to their online seed catalog can be found here: Swallowtail Garden Seeds

Two of the varieties I purchased will grow indoors or out, one type with flowers held atop a three foot stem is better suited to grow outdoors. All need cool temperatures and moist soil to thrive. My past experience with primrose plants has shown them to be akin to pansies and other cold weather annuals and perennials, they die back when temperatures become too warm.

Here is a terrific article on how to grow primrose from seed: Growing Primrose From Seed

Because the primrose seed are very small, and hard to sow evenly by broadcasting on top of the seed starting medium, I will use my method of sowing small seeds to avoid the possibility of fungal diseases taking hold of the small seedlings. Here is a link to a post on how to sow small seeds: Sowing Small Seeds